Quantitative T2-Mapping and T2-Mapping Evaluation of Changes in Cartilage Matrix after Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture and the Correlation between the Results of Both Methods

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The T2-mapping (a, e, i) and T-mapping images (b, f, j) of a 34-year-old patient in ACL rupture group and the T2-mapping (c, g, k) and T-mapping images (d, h, i) of a 36-year-old patient in control group: according to the color bar, in the medial tibiofemoral joint (a–d), the T2 and T values in MT and MF of ACL-ruptured patient were higher than in healthy subject. In the lateral tibiofemoral joint (e–h), the patient with ACL rupture had a higher T2 and T value in LT and LF compared to the healthy subject. In the patellofemoral joint (i–l), no significant differences of T2 or T value in Pa and Tr were found between the two patients.

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